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Patrick Inglis is a doctoral candidate in sociology at the City University of New York. He lives in Brooklyn.
  • January 26, 2011 2:00 pm

    Just think about it!

    That subject line and the following was forwarded to me from a friend in India who had it forward to her. Maybe you’ll do the same. 

    • We live in a nation where Rice is Rs.40/- per kg and Sim Card is free.
    • Pizza reaches home faster than Ambulance and Police.
    • Car loan @ 5% but education loan @ 12%.
    • Students with 45% get in elite institutions through quota system and those with 90% get out because of merit.
    • Where a millionaire can buy a cricket team instead of donating the money to any charity. 2 IPL teams are auctioned at 3300 cores and we are still a poor country where people starve for 2 square meals per day.
    • Where the footwear, we wear, are sold in AC showrooms, but vegetables, that we eat, are sold on the footpath.
    • Where everybody wants to be famous but nobody wants to follow the path to be famous.
    • Assembly complex buildings are getting ready within one year while public transport bridges alone take several years to be completed.
    • Where we make lemon juices with artificial flavors and dish wash liquids with real lemon.

    Indeed. Worth a think, I think.